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,PATENTED MAY 7, 1907. .J. LIMBAGHB'R. BAG. APPLICATION- FILED JULY 17, 1906.

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' INVENTOR ATTO EY No. 852,729. v PATENTED MAY 7, 1907. J. LIMBAGHER.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 17. 1906. I

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WITNESSES:

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 7, 1907.

Application filed July 17,1906. Serial No. 326,556.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB LIMBAOHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bags; and I do hereby de clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

. This invention relates to a hand or traveling bag and is to provide a very strong one,

and one that can also be folded up into a narrow space when desirable.

A further object is to provide a bag that opens wide, forming approximately straight sides, the bag when thrown open having the upper portion or top, folded down tight along the sides on the inside.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for accomplishing this by inserting a spring or clip inside the top, and a still further object is to provide a spring of a new construction to hold the bag open against accidental closing.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag of my new construction. Figs. 2 and 3 are details of the spring withthe bag frame closed and opened respectively. Fig. 4 is a section of Fig. 1 beyond the handle, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the spring or clip that is inserted in the top of the bag. Fig. 6 is a view of a modified form of a frame, and Fig. 7 is an end view of the bag showing the collapsible feature of it.

The bag is made with the sides 10 and the ends 11, this being of the usual form, and the bottom 12 is made of two sections on each side of the center of the bag, the stiffening plates being formed with the joint 13 that allows the bottom to be forced inward when collapsed.

In Fig. 1 I show a structure with ametallic plate 14 extending down the sides of the bag and across the bottom. A pivot 15 serves to connect the hinged parts 16 of the frame to the plate 14, and the top 17 is secured in any usual manner to the bag frame, but is made in one piece to extend down over the sides as far or slightly beyond the pivot, forming with the end pieces 11, the seams 18 and with the side pieces 10 the seams 19. Thus the top 17 is formed without any seams, except around its bottom edge, and it is thus made very flexible, there being no stiff seams running from the corner of the bag across the top to the pivoted section, as is usual in the present construction of bags. Inside of the top 17 is arranged a spring or clip 20 which is preferably held on either side by the stitches 21 which go through to hold the lining to the top thus incasing the clip. The clip, on its ends, has the perforations 22 which can be used for the reception of the stitching 23, shown in Fig. 1, to more securely hold the clip in place. I show but one of these clips and this is ordinarily suflicient, but of course more might be used if necessary. The ofhce of this clip is shown more particularly in Fig. 4, and it serves, when the bag is opened, to cause the loop formed by the top collapsing to assume a position along the inner side of the side of the bag, by reason of holding the top the same distance from the pivot at the point where the clip is, not allowing the folding portion of the top to bulge in to partly close the'opening, when the bag is opened.

If desirable, I may make the bag as shown in Fig. 6, with the metallic brace 14 replaced by the plate 24 and the pivoted sections 16, each being made with its own pivot 25.

In Fig. 7 I show the bag illustrated in Fig. 1, but in its collapsed shape showing that when the strap 26 is tightened, and the bag is empty, the bottom folds inward. and the top allows a compression of the bag on account of its being soft all'the way across and part way down the sides, and there is no occasion of folding up along the seams.

' In Figs. 2 and 3 I show a spring for holding the bag open against accidental closing, this spring being preferably formed by having a plate 27 secured to one of the pivoted frame pieces 16, and having a chamfered portion 28. A spring 29 is secured to the other pi voted frame portion, and when the bag is opened, as in Fig. 3, it bears against the chamfered portion, the rounded edge beyond this portion serving as a stop, but not prevent ing the closing of the bag when a slight force. is used.

I have thus devised a strong bag that opens all the way across without obstructing the insertion of goods into the bag, one that is prevented from being accidentally closed, and one that can be collapsed to the smallest possible compass.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. An improved bag comprising side and end pieces, pivoted frame sections pivoted at the ends of the bag, a flexible top piece secured at its edges to the end and side pieces and to the pivoted sections, and means in the top portion to maintain it at the same distance from the pivots of the pivoted sections.

2. An improved bag comprising hinged sections, end pieces extending on either side from the pivot of the hinged pieces, side pieces, and a top piece on either side secured to the pivoted frame sections and secured on one edge to the side pieces and extending down over the ends, and being joined to the end pieces.

3. An improved bag comprising pivoted frame sections, a metallic bracing piece, end pieces secured to the metallic brace and extending from below the pivot outwardly and upwardly on their top edges, side pieces, and a flexible top piece on either side secured on one edge to a pivoted frame section, and on the other end to the side piece and extending down over the ends of the bag and secured to the top edges of the end pieces.

4. An improved bag comprising a metallic brace, pivoted frame sections secured thereto on either side, end pieces secured to the braces, side pieces, and flexible top pieces ex tending over the top edges of the side and end pieces to the pivoted frame sections, and having clips extending from the pivoted sections to maintain portions of the top pieces intermediate of its sides at always the same distance from the pivot of the pivoted frame sections.

5. An improved bag comprising side and end pieces, hinged sections pivoted above the end pieces, and flexible top pieces extending from the upper edges of the side and end pieces to the pivoted frame sections, and clips arranged in the top portion to maintain portions of the top at the same distance from the pivot of the hinged frame portions when the bag is either open or shut.

6. An improved bag comprising end pieces and side pieces, pivoted frame sections pivoted above the end pieces, and flexible top pieces extending from the top edges of the sides and ends of the pivoted frame sections, and U-shaped clips secured in the top portions intermediate of their edges.

7. An improved bag comprising side pieces and end pieces, the end pieces having upwardly and outwardly inclined edges on the top, pivoted frame sections pivoted above the top edges of the end pieces, a flexible top piece on either side and extending down over the ends of the bag and secured to the top edges of the end pieces, a U-shaped clip arranged in each top piece intermediate of its edges, and a bottom portion comprlsing two July 1906.

JACOB LIMBACHER. Witnesses E. A. PELL,

WM. H. CAMFIELD. 

